Carl Froch set to face George Groves in May

IT'S ON: George Groves and Carl Froch will go head to head in May [GETTY]

The blockbuster Battle of Britain clash is set to take place in Froch’s hometown of Nottingham in May, and likely to be at Nottingham Forest’s City Ground.

But other football grounds are being considered are Arsenal’s Emirates, West Ham’s Upton Park and Stamford Bridge - home of Chelsea, the team Groves supports. Wembley has been ruled out however, due to the Football League play-off schedule.

Froch was the controversial winner of their first clash in Manchester last November after much criticised referee Howard Foster stopped the fight in the ninth round, to Groves’s fury.

IBF president Daryl J Peoples said: “We have been informed by Carl Froch’s people and George Groves’ people that they have come to an agreement, so it will not go out to purse bids.

CONTROVERSIAL: Froch won the last fight due to a controversial referee stoppage [GETTY]

“We have been informed by Carl Froch’s people and George Groves’ people that they have come to an agreement,”

IBF

“It is an excellent fight, great for the IBF and the UK, and I understand that there’s been quite a demand for it - they’re two top-notch fighters.”

Promoter Eddie Hearn said: ‘We asked for an extension last Friday. We sent an email saying we’d made progress and would get the contracts to them in due course, so it’s still ongoing, but close.”

‘We have made significant progress, but they (the IBF) haven’t got a contract yet and until we sent them it’s not done.’

Asked about whether this would be a stadium fight, Hearn added: ‘Without a question. I wouldn’t be able to forgive myself if I took this indoors because you never know what it could have done.’